The Detroit Pistons didn't have a pick to make in the first round of the 2014 NBA draft Thursday night, but they may have scored some first-round talent regardless.

The Pistons selected point guard Spencer Dinwiddie, a guard out of Colorado, with the No. 38 overall pick. Dinwiddie suffered a torn left ACL during a Jan. 12 game at Washington. He had surgery eight days later. He decided to enter the draft rather than return to Boulder for his senior season.

"He's a first-round talent," ESPN basketball analyst Jay Bilas said. "Absent of the ACL injury, he would have been taken in the first round. He played really well at the World University Games for USA Basketball. He's an excellent passer with good vision and a good feel. He's also an excellent shooter and apparently very proud of that mustache.

"I can tell you what Stan Van Gundy probably said is, 'We had targeted him all along and we were really happy when he was still there.'"

Bilas was joking of course, but the point remains, the Pistons believe they found the right guy to address an immediate need in the backcourt.

"First of all, he's super talented," Bill Simmons added. "But I just like the confidence he has. Reading the articles about him, this guy really believes he's one of the best players in the draft. When you're a point guard, you have to be a leader, you're the team psychiatrist.